The Caged Lion
Publisher: Aegypan
Published: June 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781598188172
Subjects: Historical fiction; Romance: historical; Historical - General; Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Classics; Romance - Historical; Fiction / Historical; Fiction : Classics; Fiction : Romance - Historical
First sentence: A master hand has so often described the glens and ravines of Scotland, that it seems vain and presumptuous to meddle with them; and yet we must ask our readers to figure to themselves a sharp cleft sloping downwards to a brawling mountain stream, the sides scattered with gray rocks of every imaginable size, interspersed here and there with heather, gorse, or furze.